He started his journalism career in 1992 as a freelance writer for Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest daily national newspaper and soon specialised in air transport. Jens joined Aviation Week and Aviation Daily in 2000 as one of the European correspondents. Later his role was expanded to cover international air transport. In 2013 he was named Managing Editor Commercial.
Jens frequently appears on radio and TV to comment on industry matters. In 2003, he received the Hugo Junkers Award of the German aviation press for his coverage of Fairchild Dornier’s bankruptcy. He was named the country’s top travel and air transport writer by the Travel Industry Club three times. Jens graduated from the Munich School of Journalism.
As the already mature North American market slows down on mergers, a big question at the IATA annual meeting will be: Will the merger idea finally be picked up in earnest elsewhere in the world and, if so, when, where and how?
Swiss International Air Lines initially will fly its first Bombardier CS100 to a limited number of destinations, but the airliner will fly a normal schedule of as many as eight flights per day soon after launching commercial operations July 15.
Emirates Airline experienced dramatic shifts in key cost, revenue and performance factors in 2015, but nevertheless managed to significantly raise its overall profitability and reach an operating profit margin of close to 10%.
